Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia basifolia Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 154 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is DR Congo to S. Tropical Africa.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb 20–50 cm tall, sometimes slightly scrambling; stems pubescent in lower part.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves often dense near base of plant, sessile, narrowly obovate or elliptic, 1.5–4.5 cm long, 0.5–2.4 cm wide, base cuneate, margins ± sinuate, obscurely denticulate, apex obtuse, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula solitary, terminal on long stalk, discoid, stalks of the individual capitula glabrous; involucre cylindrical, 5.5–6.5 mm long, 3.5 mm in diameter; phyllaries 11, 5–7 mm long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets absent; disc florets orange, 4.5–5.2 mm long, lobes 1.5–1.7 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 1.5–2.2 mm long, glabrous; pappus 3.5–4 mm long.
Habitat
Moist grassland; 1750–1800 m
Distribution
T4
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0